Lindavista station
Metro · 6 Line 6
Neighbouring stations
- 6Line 6Instituto del Petróleo Lindavista Deportivo 18 de Marzo
The story behind the icon
The station icon is the silhouette of the church of San Cayetano Apóstol.
Before the conquerors arrived in American lands, the space occupied today by the Lindavista neighbourhood was the old lordship called Zacacalcos in the Santa Isabel Tola codex. According to a plan from the beginning of the 18th century in the Lands and Commons section of the Archive of the former town council of Mexico City, those lands belonged to the Montes de Oca family, with deep roots in Azcapotzalco. During the colonial period it was linked to the Villa de Guadalupe by a picturesque road; it was the obligatory route of indigenous porters, and one could enjoy exotic scenes like those in a book illustrated by some traveller. It joined the Calzada de Vallejo, or cart road from Cuautitlán to Zacatecas, an important route for carrying gold and silver in carts hired at the mining centres of the Bajío and bound for Mexico City.